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Tick risk in Yuma County, Colorado
Yuma County covers 3 towns. CDC reports too few cases here to publish a county Lyme rate, but each town still has a daily score built from local weather, habitat, and season. Pick your town below for today's reading.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Yuma County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
Tick species in Yuma County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickNot established
- American dog tickReported
- Lone star tickNot established
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Not established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Yuma County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
No CDC tick-testing records for Yuma County. That is a surveillance gap, not a sign these diseases are absent. Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the region.
Tick control in Yuma County, CO
Professional tick control across Yuma County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Yuma County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Yuma County?
Most Yuma County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
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Common questions about ticks in Yuma County
Which towns in Yuma County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Wray carries the highest modeled tick risk in Yuma County, followed by Eckley, Yuma. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Yuma County ranges from 1% to 6%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Yuma sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Yuma County?
CDC county surveillance does not yet list an established tick species for Yuma County, but that reflects a surveillance gap, not absence. The blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is found across the west. Take the usual precautions after time outdoors.
Is Lyme disease common in Yuma County?
CDC reports too few cases in Yuma County to publish a stable county Lyme rate, which is common in rural or low-population counties. That does not mean the risk is zero: Lyme and other tickborne illnesses occur across the Northeast.
All towns in Yuma County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.